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coracora
coracora

Reputation: 1337

NSMutableUrlRequest not sending proper parameters for HTTP request

I am trying to send a POST request so that a user can login to this app. However, when I try to send the information, the server returns an error message saying that it did not receive the login information. I have used this exact same code before but with the url having HTTPS instead of HTTP. Does swift 2 have a different method that deals with HTTP requests?

In my info.plist file I have added the following:

<key>NSAppTransportSecurity</key>  
 <dict>  
      <key>NSAllowsArbitraryLoads</key><true/>  
 </dict>

The api calls work fine on every device except iOS, and the code works fine with a different url. If Swift 2 no longer accepts HTTP requests is there a work around?

static let URL = "http://url.com:3000"

static let netSession = NSURLSession.sharedSession() // A shared NSURLSession that will be used to make API calls

// Call to login with the provided credentials. If login is successful the handler function will
// receive 'true', otherwise 'false'.

static func login(email : String, password : String, handler : (success: Bool, error: APIError?) -> ()) {

    let request = NSMutableURLRequest(URL: NSURL(string: "\(URL)/users/login")!)

    request.HTTPMethod = "POST"

    let params = ["email":email,"password":password]
    request.HTTPBody = try? NSJSONSerialization.dataWithJSONObject(params, options: [])

    netSession.dataTaskWithRequest(request, completionHandler: {(data, response, error) in
        if error != nil {
            handler(success: false, error: APIErrorNetwork)
            return
        }

        let jsonResponse = JSON(data: data!)
        let httpResponse = response as! NSHTTPURLResponse

        if httpResponse.statusCode == 200 {
            // Handle the expected response
        } else {
            handler(success: false, error: APIError(json: jsonResponse))
            print(httpResponse.statusCode);
        }
    }).resume()
}

Upvotes: 1

Views: 711

Answers (1)

Stefan Arentz
Stefan Arentz

Reputation: 34935

Are you sure your server accepts JSON? Does it expect you to post form data instead?

If it does expect JSON, try to add a Content-Type header to your request:

    request.setValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Accept");

Some servers are picky.

Upvotes: 2

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